Japan Synopsis
ラバーズ・ラバー
A powerful and secretive corporation is conducting underground psychic experiments utilizing Digital Direct Drive, otherwise known as DDD. While under the influence of the drug ether, the human subjects are outfitted in rubber suits and bombarded with DDD with extremely intense sound. Though the experiments are successful in unleashing psychic powers in the test subjects, the results are usually fatal. As a result, the corporation attempts to shut down the experiments against the wishes of Motomiya and Hitotsubashi who are in charge of the research. In a desperate attempt to salvage their work, the two researchers take over the lab and hold an innocent secretary hostage while they transform their fellow researcher into an ether addict and use him as the final human guinea pig for their experiments. The result has to be seen to be believed as his psychic powers are unleashed in a wave of ferocity that will leave you breathless.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Rubber's Lover. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Horror + Science Fiction in Japan
93 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Rubber's Lover itself).
The 1995–1997 Japan Window
Rubber's Lover holds position #94 of 142 Japan films in the 1995–1997 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Rubber's Lover premiered alongside 42 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 42 other Japan films in 1996.
The 1084th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
30 audience reviews — more than 50% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (50th percentile) outruns trending popularity (8th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Rubber's Lover, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- fetish · 3
- metamorphosis · 3
- madness · 2
- rubber · 1
- human guinea pig · 1
- brutality · 15
- experiment · 13
- asia · 9
- japan · 454
- cyberpunk · 48
- surrealism · 34
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,969 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #101 of 391 (top 26%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Honekoubou, Koga Kogyo |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | September 28, 1996 |
| IMDb | tt0227408 |